job cuts

/dʒɑːb kʌts/· noun phrase

财经/商业B1

job cuts
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Chinese meaning

裁cái员yuán

公gōng司sī削xuē减jiǎn岗gǎng位wèi、减jiǎn少shǎo员yuán工gōng

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巴bā克kè莱lái银yín行háng削xuē减jiǎn约yuē5000个gè岗gǎng位wèi

Example

The job cuts will mean losing about 5% of the bank’s 93,000 global staff, with executives confirming they had already cut 1,000 workers since the start of the year.

这zhè次cì裁cái员yuán将jiāng使shǐ该gāi银yín行háng9.3万wàn名míng全quán球qiú员yuán工gōng中zhōng约yuē5%的de人rén失shī去qù工gōng作zuò,管guǎn理lǐ层céng还hái确què认rèn,今jīn年nián年nián初chū以yǐ来lái已yǐ经jīng裁cái减jiǎn了le1000名míng员yuán工gōng。

Source: The Guardian · 22 Oct 2026

Background ✎

英yīng国guó巴bā克kè莱lái银yín行háng宣xuān布bù将jiāng裁cái减jiǎn5000个gè岗gǎng位wèi,约yuē占zhàn全quán球qiú9.3万wàn名míng员yuán工gōng的de5%,管guǎn理lǐ层céng称chēng这zhè是shì由yóu人rén工gōng智zhì能néng带dài来lái的de效xiào率lǜ提tí升shēng所suǒ推tuī动dòng的de。银yín行háng同tóng时shí公gōng布bù季jì度dù利lì润rùn上shàng升shēng,并bìng确què认rèn年nián初chū以yǐ来lái已yǐ经jīng裁cái减jiǎn了le1000人rén。这zhè轮lún裁cái员yuán属shǔ于yú银yín行háng更gèng大dà范fàn围wéi的de成chéng本běn节jié约yuē计jì划huà。

Roots · etymology

cut 为中古英语词,意为切、削;job 来源不详

  • job(工作,岗位)+ cut(削减)+ -s(复数);合起来指岗位被削减

Collocations

  • announce job cuts / deep job cuts / job cuts in the banking sector

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